6. State Reformatory 7. State Penitentiary. PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS 8. All agencies soliciting funds within the state 9. All agencies supported in whole or in part from public funds. THE STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS Number of members eight, two of whom must be women, and not more than four from the same political party. Appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate. Tenure, four years. Unsalaried, compensation allowed for expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties. Vacancies filled by the Governor ad interim between Senate sessions; otherwise in manner of original appointments. Members removable by the Governor for cause after public hearing. All members must be residents of Kentucky, and not less than thirty years of age. The Board is to be provided with a suite of offices at the Capitol Building. Meet monthly, select own chairman annually, and record all proceedings. Select a "Commissioner of Public Institutions" who is to be the Board's executive officer. Appoint institutional superintendents, adopt rules and regulations for institutional management, but permit the superintendent a free hand in institutional affairs, holding him strictly accountable for all the details of management. Provide a non-partisan control of institutions. License private organizations soliciting funds within the state. Supervise all organizations supported from public funds. The principles underlying the Kentucky organization are excellent. The system is relatively undeveloped, and the work is almost exclusively confined to management of state institutions. It is not related to local governmental agencies; and touches private agencies only in certain matters of financial supervision. A gradual extension of functions beyond institutional spheres would doubtless be a healthy sign of development in Kentucky. The plan seems excellently adapted to a state where the political situation is relatively unstable. THE CALIFORNIA PLAN STATE INSTITUTIONS 1. San Quentin State Prison 2. Folsom State Prison 3. Industrial Home for the Adult Blind 4. California School for Girls antina 5. Whittier State School 6. State Industrial Farm for Women X 17. Preston School of Industry 8. Pacific Colony 9. Sonoma State School 10. Stockton State Hospital ✓ 11. Southern California State Hospital LOCAL INSTITUTIONS 16. County Hospitals 17. County Jails 18. County Almshouses (Supervised by State Department) 19. City Prisons. PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS 20. Institutions Receiving State Aid for the Care of Orphaned Children 21. Private Child Placing Agencies 22. Maternity Homes and Hospitals (Transferred to supervision of State Board of Health). |